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Date:      Thu, 08 Sep 2011 13:35:55 +0200
From:      Miroslav Lachman <000.fbsd@quip.cz>
To:        Sahil Tandon <sahil@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        ports@FreeBSD.org, ohauer@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: USERS/GROUPS in bsd.port.mk [was: FreeBSD Port: postfix-2.8.4,  1]
Message-ID:  <4E68A89B.6040701@quip.cz>
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Miroslav Lachman wrote:
> Sahil Tandon wrote:
>> On Tue, 2011-08-02 at 00:04:14 +0200, olli hauer wrote:
>>
>>> No, you don't hit the limitation. It seems you really found a bug in
>>> the Framework!
>>>
>>> From the Framework code in bsd.port.mk existing groups should honored.
>>
>> Along those lines, what about using groupmod instead of usermod?
>> Perhaps due to my ignorance, it seems more straightforward and does not
>> require much sed-fu; I've attached a (probably incomplete) patch to
>> illustrate my thinking. I understand what I am suggesting could
>> introduce other problems, so please do not construe it as an as-is
>> suggestion, but rather something to stoke discussion.
>
> I tested your patch and it works for me.
>
> # pkg_version -vIL = | grep postfix
> postfix-2.7.2,1 < needs updating (index has 2.8.4,1)
>
> # id postfix
> uid=125(postfix) gid=125(postfix)
> groups=125(postfix),6(mail),3125(maildirs)
>
> # patch < ~/bsd.port.mk.diff
>
> # portmaster postfix-2.7.2,1
>
> ===>>> The following actions were performed:
> Upgrade of mysql-client-5.1.53 to mysql-client-5.1.58
> Upgrade of libtool-2.2.10 to libtool-2.4
> Upgrade of cyrus-sasl-2.1.23_1 to cyrus-sasl-2.1.23_3
> Upgrade of postfix-2.7.2,1 to postfix-2.8.4,1
>
> # id postfix
> uid=125(postfix) gid=125(postfix)
> groups=125(postfix),6(mail),3125(maildirs)
>
> It was tested on really old testing system...
>
> Thank you for your time and working solution.

Will the fix be committed to the ports tree? I upgraded Postfix on 
another machines yesterday and get the same error as reported month ago 
- upgrade removed postfix from manualy created group.

Should I send PR for this?

Miroslav Lachman



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